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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 11:13

After certain years] The actual interval was 12 years.

Prince] guardian angel: cp. Daniel 10:20; Daniel 12:1. One and twenty days] the period of Daniel's fasting (Daniel 10:2). The conflict with the angel of Persia explains the speaker's delay.

Michael] a second angelic name. In Daniel Michael is the guardian angel of the Jews (Daniel 10:21; Daniel 12:1). One of the chief princes] a distinction in rank among the angels is here recognised, which other apocalyptic books carry out in great detail. In Judges 1:9 (in a quotation from the Assumption of Moses) Michael is called an 'archangel,' and in Revelation 12:7 he appears as a leader among the angels.

Remained] RM 'was not needed.' The arrival of Michael enabled the speaker to come to Daniel.

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See also Daniel 11:13 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 13. _THE KING OF THE NORTH SHALL RETURN - AFTER CERTAIN_ _YEARS_] In about _fourteen_ years Antiochus did return, Philopater being dead, and his son Ptolemy Epiphanes being then a minor. He brou...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR THE KING OF THE NORTH SHALL RETURN - That is, he shall come again into the regions of Coelo-Syria and Palestine, to recover them if possible from the power of the Egyptian king. AND SHALL SET FORT...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 11 THE WARS OF THE PTOLEMIES AND SELEUCIDAE PREDICTED THE COMING EVENTS OF THE END _ 1. The wars of the Ptolemies and Seleucidae (Daniel 11:1)_ 2. The time of the end and the man of sin (Dan...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    DANIEL 11:13. This verse refers to an attack made by Antiochus upon Egypt twelve years later (205 B.C.). In the meantime Ptolemy Philopator had died and been succeeded by his son Ptolemy Epiphanes, a...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE KING OF THE NORTH. The second king, Antiochus III. RETURN. renew the war. COME. Some codices, with three early printed editions, read "will come against him". Figure of speech _Polyptoton_. comi...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Seleucus III. (Ceraunos), 226 223, and Antiochus III. (the Great), 223 187: Ptolemy IV. (Philopator), 222 205, and Ptolemy V. (Epiphanes), 205 181. Seleucus Callinicus left two sons, Seleucus Cerauno...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    ( 2) Daniel 11:2 to Daniel 12:4. The revelation given to Daniel. This consists of a survey of the history from the beginning of the Persian period down to the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, followed by...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Twelve years after the battle of Raphia, in 205, Ptolemy Philopator died, leaving a son aged 4 years, who succeeded him on the throne as Ptolemy V. (Epiphanes). Antiochus had meanwhile been gaining th...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE KING OF THE NORTH SHALL RETURN, &C.— The following events were not to take place till _after certain years;_ and the peace continued between the two crowns about fourteen years. In that interval P...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    (3) PTOLEMIES AND SELEUCIDS, II TEXT: Daniel 11:10-20 10 And his sons shall war, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces, which shall come on, and overflow, and pass through; and they shall...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches. FOR THE KING O...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SHALL RETURN. — In this and the next two verses the causes are mentioned to which the failure of the southern king was due. He returns some years after his defeat to take revenge, and brings with him...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ שָׁב֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ הַ צָּפֹ֔ון וְ הֶעֱמִ֣יד

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    SECOND SECTION (Daniel 11:10) Events from the death of Ptolemy Euergetes (B.C. 247) to the death of Antiochus III (the Great, B.C. 175). In the following verses, as Behrmann observes, there is a so...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE RISE AND FALL OF EMPIRES Daniel 11:1-14 This chapter foretells the histories of Xerxes, of Alexander the Great, the division of his kingdom on his death, and the long conflicts between the kings...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The foretelling of the glorious One is contained in this chapter. It covered a period to the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, and finally referred to the Messianic kingdom. There would be yet three kings...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    For the king of the north (b) shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches. (b) After the...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Times, seventeen years after the battle of Raphia. When Philopator was dead, and his son Epiphanes not above five years old, Antiochus and Philip of Macedon basely attempted to divide his dominions....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    If my Reader be more curious to make search into hidden things, than to turn over again and again those which the Lord hath revealed; I fear that he will not be pleased with the shortness I purpose to...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Here the angel prophesies of other wars. For he first describes the war which was carried on by Antiochus against the Egyptians, after the death of Philopater, who left as his heir, a little son named...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 AND 11. In chapter 10 we return to the East [1]. Chapter s 10, 11 and 12 form but one prophecy; only chapter 11 closes the history of the Gentiles, and cha...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR THE KING OF THE NORTH SHALL RETURN,.... As Antiochus king of Syria did, upon the death of Ptolemy Philopator, who was succeeded by his son Ptolemy Epiphanes, a minor of five years of age: Antiochu...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches. Ver. 13. _For the...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _For the king of the north shall return_ It is here foretold that the war should be renewed between the two kings of the north and south, and that it should be begun by the former, who should attempt...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Daniel 11:1. ALSO I, IN THE FIRST YEAR OF DARIUS, THE MEDE, EVEN I, STOOD TO CONFIRM AND TO STRENGTHEN HIM, or, "even as I stood by to strengthen him," the inference being that the various angelic spi...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For the king of the North shall return and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches. This was approximate...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    COME (AFTER CERTAIN YEARS): _ Heb._ at the end of times of years...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-30 The angel shows Daniel the succession of the Persian and Grecian empires. The kings of Egypt and Syria are noticed: Judea was between their dominions, and affected by their contests. From ver. D...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Antiochus the Great shall raise great forces, even from Babylon and Media; Philopater being dead, and Ptolemy Epiphanes his son yet a child, under whom Agathocles, a dissolute, proud person, hated of...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Daniel 11:13 king H4428 North H6828 return H7725 (H8804) muster H5975 (H8689) multitude H1995 greater...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And the king of the north will return, and will raise a multitude greater than the former, and he will come on at the end of the times, even years, with a great army and much substance.' Kings like A...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Prophecy covering the period from Darius to anti-Christ, showing the conflicts of nations, and final heading up for destruction. CHARACTERS: God, Daniel, Kings of Persia and Greece, anti-Ch...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Daniel 11:2. _There shall stand up yet three kings in Persia._ Daniel, a minister of state for most of his long life, was here shewn the succession of kingdoms in so clear a light as to command all me...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 11:13 After about 15 years, Antiochus III (the Great, reigned 223–187 B.C., THE KING OF THE NORTH) invaded Phoenicia and Syria with a GREAT ARMY. Ptolemy IV had died (203 B.C.

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _HOMILETICS_ SECT. XXXVIII.—THE KINGS OF THE NORTH AND OF THE SOUTH. (Chap. Daniel 11:1.) We come to the things which the angel was commissioned to communicate to the prophet, and through him to the...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION DANIEL 11:1 THE KINGS OF THE NORTH AND THE KINGS OF THE SOUTH. Daniel 11:1

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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